Trump squatting on whitewashed wall of insecurity

Editor's note: Some departments of the US federal government have been shut down for two weeks, affecting more than 800,000 employees. Beijing News comments:

The negotiation between leaders of the Republicans and the Democrats has not broken the deadlock, as President Donald Trump has taken a tough stance, alleging that if the House of Representatives, which is controlled by the Democrats, does not allocate funds, the US government could be closed for months, even years.

Sure, if the US government was shut down for years, the current administration might also come to the end of its term. What Trump is obsessed with is to finish the wall on the border with Mexico, for which he has exhausted almost every means, including employing emergency power to support the project with military spending under a pretense of national security.